27.1256, Books: Memes of Translation: Chesterman

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Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2016 11:12:27
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Memes of Translation: Chesterman

 


Title: Memes of Translation 
Subtitle: The spread of ideas in translation theory. Revised edition 
Series Title: Benjamins Translation Library 123  

Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/btl.123 


Author: Andrew Chesterman

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Abstract:

Editor's note: This is a revised edition of a previously announced book.

This revised edition of Memes of Translation includes updates that relate the
book's themes to more recent research in Translation Studies. The book
contributes to the debate about whether it is worth seeking a coherent theory
of translation, by proposing an approach based on norms, strategies and
values, which are all seen as kinds of memes, i.e. ideas that spread. The meme
metaphor allows us to see translation in the context of cultural evolution,
and also highlights similarities with the philosopher Karl Popper's analysis
of another kind of evolution: that of scientific knowledge. A translation is,
after all, itself a theory – a theory about the source text. And as Popper
stressed, theories of all kinds are like nets we make in order to catch
something of reality: never perfectly, but always in the hope of better
understanding.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science
                     Philosophy of Language
                     Translation


Written In: English  (eng)

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